Bruce took the book weakly.
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Weakly
//ˈwiːkli//
Synonyms for "weakly" (137 found)
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listlesslistlesslylittlelowlustlessmarrowlessmeagerlyminimallyminutelymoribundnegligiblynervelessnot hardlyonly justpalepeakedpeakypianissimopianopithless
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poopedpowerlesspunyreducedreduced in healthrubberyrun downrun-downsaplessscantilyscarcelyshakilysicklysinewlessslackslightlysoftsoftlysordamentesordospinelessstrengthlessstrengthlesslysubduedlytant soit peuteeteringlytotteringlytriflinglyunhardenedunhealthyunnervedunsoundunsoundlyunsteadilyunstrungunsubstantialunsubstantiallyunwellvaletudinarianvaletudinaryweakweakenedweaklingwith low resistance
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9 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- dèbilment adv (with little strength or force)
- feblement adv (with little strength or force)
French
1 entries- faiblement adv (with little strength or force)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyengén adv (with little strength or force)
Māori
1 entries- māioio adv (with little strength or force)
Polish
1 entries- słabo adv (with little strength or force)
Portuguese
1 entries- debilmente adv (with little strength or force)
Russian
1 entries- сла́бо adv (with little strength or force)
Spanish
1 entries- débilmente adv (with little strength or force)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She protested weakly, but ended up joining in with everyone else.
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'Is that vodka?' Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up from its chair in indignation. 'Excuse me, your majesty,' he squeaked, 'do you think I would give vodka to a lady? That is pure spirit!'
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The witch and her daughter carried the weakly Queen into the bath-room, and put her into the bath; then they shut the door and ran away. But in the bath-room they had made a fire of such deadly heat that the beautiful young Queen was soon suffocated.
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